The Sun. — London, England, 1808-09-17 00:00:00

1~ - n 1111 vrl en the 6si `tictiltinis cline awa y , united British and Sweslish Fleets. The Ilqssiaps immediately upon entering 'Port Baltic, began to erect works for the ProietAion of their Fleet; upon an Island which ccirrimands the 'entrance of the Harbour. When this intelligence reached Sweden, orders were given for the embarkation of a body of Troopi, for the purpose of reducing the Island, Sir JAMES SAUMARRZ had joined Sir S. hoof with four Sail of the Line. Lieut. THOMPSON arrived at the Au uiralty yesterday with the above Tae two Reports from the French Minister of Foreign Ai - faits, which appeared in our Paper of yes terday, atiord additional proof, if any could be want in g , of the deplorable state of, slavery to which the 1 1- °,)le oi*Fr.mce are reduced, in being wholly at the n i'reV of their insolent Ruler, who may dispose of their lives as he thinks proper. It is evident that the whole sithstance of these Reports had been pre vi,,ttilY tr cited by" the Usurper himself, and that all that remained fur the Minister was to annex his sign ware to them. The main object of these Papers Seems to be to justify the Usurper t 1 his 'attempt to ob atn pos,ession of Spain,, to manifest indeed tilts m•ce,sity of rendering it. a mere province of Frat3ce,,- . and to urge him to a perseverance in his en deavours to secure it. For this purpose the most detestable positions are advanced. The Tyrant is told tam " every thing that leads to this ,end (pos sessing ttia. Maritime resources of Spain) is legiti mate ;" that " what policy suggests, justice autho rizes," and other maxims of the same cast. But with as much absurdity as impudence the Report asks if " that blood, of which the Nation is prodigal fo r the defence of its own interests, should be shed for the interest of a foreign King, whose fate is of ho consequence to France.". This passage is in tended to refer to the late unfortunate King of Spain, but it is equally applicable td JOSEPH, who is cer tainly a foreign King and Frenchmen may ask why they are to shed their blood for his sake. It may, howeVer, be observed, that his fate cannot be considered as " of no consequence to France," be cause if. he could be placed •upon the Spanish Throne the lives of Frenchmen would het saci ficed• upon all occasions, In order to ..ke • w . him_ there, which would not be the case with its iegiti- Mate monarch. But due of the most outrageous in sults Upon common sense is the passage which says, that the Junta assembled at Bayonne had adopted a , itistituft.ti fur Spain, " after a FREE and MA;TURE cl is , =ussion !r' It is needless to Comment on the reedom. of that body of Spaniards who deliberated with the swords at their breasts, and who must chiefly have been composed of traitors or cowards. The report hol Is- forth the great advantages which, are likely to result front the probability of At length meeting the English, and fighting them man 'to man." This declaration is somewhat _unlucky, for the Minister, just after the aCtions Tor': tugal, where it must be acknowledged that 'the Valour and Military skill of Britons were manifest, Wbaterer may be thought of the Negotiations which ha% e followed. But it would be ridiculous to enter into an analysis of such a mass of self-adulation, impudence, and falsehood, which the Corsican Tyrant has °A i Wed upon the world under the form. of Reports from his Minister for Foreign Affairs. The chief purpoSe of these Reports, and of Boo tAPAR,TE'S Message in answer, is, to induce the Inin ds of Frenchmen to submit quietly to their yoke, and, to his prepare them to expe& new sacrifices. army i s to be augmented, not only, as we be fore observed to keep the Continent in check,. and to renew rile attempt upon Spain, but to preVent all danger of insurreftion..at home, by the terrors of an ovvrwhelming military force. The Tyrant professes to rely on the Court of Vienna; but at the same time, as one reason for increasing his army, he ob serves,, that Austria has been doing the same, and that " its military force is out of all proportion 'to its population and finances'"---a proof of the jealousy with which he watches that Power, and that he is , bc/ t Wholly without alarm as to its intentions. mother proof of his alarms, notwithstanding 'his pretended security, may be gathered fioro , `'hat he says after declaring his entire confi deuce in Russia. I have no doubts respe&ing the peace of the Continent, but I neither will, nor ought to rely on the false calculations and the er rors of other Courts ; and. since my neighbours in crease their armies, it i s a duty incumbent on me to increase mine." • Here, indeed, the facet is at va riance with the declaration, for if he bad not re lied on " the false calculation s and errors of other Courts," he would long since have tug bled from his ekvittion ; for on those " false calculations and er rors" his success has been founded ; otherwise his insolence, his injustice, and oppression, would have met with proper resistance, and due punishment. 1.7 • esterday morning firs MAJESTY, Princesses So- PHIA, AUGUsTA, and AMELIA, accompanied by Lady GEoRGE MvEIIAY and daughter, and Generals Goat tild FITZIWY, role in Wi:rdsor :'ark; and returned to the Palace at twelve 0',..16c1c. I‘4iAVAL N . EW' §., DEAL, Sti , T. 16.--Early this tiiorbing 'an cider Was received for the Squadron under the command of Rehr-Admiral GARDNEE consisting of eight Sal of the Line, to proceed to sea without delay, Sup posed for the Baltic, to reinforce Sir J. SAIIMAREi, who, it is reported, has been defeated by the Russian Fleet, with the loss of one Sail of the Line taken, and two sunk..:--We atost sincerely hope this report is very false: , PLYMOUTH . , SE I'r. 15.—Arrived the ChampiOn, of 24 guns, with Dispatches from off Cadiz. Sailed the Queen, of 98 guns, for Portsmouth, and the Hindostan, of 50 guns, for Corunna. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 16.--Arrived the Antefia Frigate, Captain the Hon. F. P. Itu.ar, and• mouth Store Ship from the DoWns. Sailed the Warspite, 74 guns, Captain the Hon'. H: BLACKWOOD, for the Eastward, and 'Defender Gun-brig, -on a cruise. Dropt down to St. Helen's his Majesty's Ship Revenge, with the Fleet for the East Indies, which are expeled to sail to-morrow morning. The Sur/y Cutter is appointed convoy for Guernsey. YARMOUTH, SEPT., I6.—This morning the Mar. quis ,D 8 ROMANA landed. here from the Calypso Gun-brig, and will set off for town to-day, attended by his Aid-de-Carry and Secretary. The Calypso brings intelligence that Sir SAMUEL HOOD, in the Centaur, with the Implacable, had fallen in with the Russian Fleet of ten Sail of the Line, in the Gulf of Finland, and being joined by four sail of Swedish Men of War, made sail to attack them. The Centaur and Implacable came up with the Enemy's Rear, and engaged them, when one of the Russian Ships struck to the Centaur,%after hay, ing been boarded, and losing 500 ; the remainder of the Russian Fleet escaped. The Swedish Ships did not come into anion at all, in consequence of their being heavy sailers. SCILLY, SErT. I2.—Came in, by contrary winds., the Brig Margaret, of Hull; WILLIAM SPENDLOVE Master, from London; bound to Halifax. Arrived also, the Sloop Mary and Betty, SANDER SON, Master, with coals for - these Islands; and the 2,Proviilence Revenue Cutter, from a cruize: Sailed the Friendship Brig, S. TREGARTHEN Mas ter, with a cargo of potatoes for Sir C HARLES COT TON'S Fleet otLisbon. CORK, SEPT. 12. THE EXPEDITION.—Lieta.-Gen. Sir D. BAIRD'S Army is now. on board the Transports-at this port, and ready to sail. with the first fair wind. The •3d Battalion of the 27th Regitnentembarked at the East. Ferry, from Middleton, on Friday last ; and the 2d Battalion of the stst -at Monkstown, on the same day. On Saturday last the 2d Battalion of the 14th, ,Ist of the 26th, and the 2cl. Battalion of the 31st Regiments, were alsb embarked at Mon kstown.— Seven Regiments, which, with a proportionate number of Artillery and Engineers, compose the .entire embarkation, are divided into two Brigades. The first consists of the 14th; 26th, and 31st, under Major-General MANNINGHAM ; the .0, of the Royals, 23d, 27th, and 81st, under Brigadier-Ge neral SLADE.—Falmouth is the first point of desti nation, where the force will be augmented. by seve ral other Reg iments. Their destination is conjec tured to be Portugal ; and it is it‘ gined,that they will ultimately ptoceed up the Mediterranean.— Sir DAVID MIRO will retain the Chief Command it could not be 'confided to a braver 'or an abler Officer. Yesterday a Cabinet Council was held at the Fo reign Office, at which the following Members as sisted : Earl Of WESTMORELAND, ihe Duke of PORTLAND, Mr. CANNING, Lords HAWKRSBURY and CASTLEREAGH, Mr. PERCEVAL, Lord MLA... GRAVE, and Earl BATHURST. They assembled at half after two, and did not separate until it was nearly five o'clock. , . We are extremely sorry to announce the death of Lord RENDLESH AM. He was out shooting on Thursday, with Lord CHATHAM, when he suddenly dropped from his horse, and expired instantly. Yesterday the Gentlemen who generally, bid for Lotteries waited on the Minister at the Trt s ?asury Chambers to hear proposals for tlae next Lottery, which will form the first for the year 1808. The Minister proposed to have one Lottery of 20,000 tickets, to be drawn in four days, 5000 ticks,each day, with not less than two days inter val between the drawings. The scheme to be fixed by the contra6tor, subje& to the approbation of the Lords of the Treasury. It must consist of not more than three blanks to a prize, no prize above 20,000 L or under 1.51. No fixed capital . to be allowed. The bidding to take place on Wednesday next, at eleven o'clock, and the Lottery - to finish the last day of this year; the day of,beginning and the days of drawing to be optional to the contractors. The deposit to be as under:. September 24 - - - 1. ToS. October iq - • November u - - The remaining sum three days beforo the drawing. commences. FATAL DUEL.—An'afsir of honour took place yesterday morning, on Wimbledon Common, be tween Capt. Co, — who has lately been the sub je6l of a Grim. COll. aEtion,, and a Mr. p---- • we cannot at present go into the tanse of the dispute, but have to relate the fatal termination of it in the decease of Capt. C --D on the first shot. Ti:e surv iving combatant of course left the field for safety, at present.; and the body of the deceased, as all sur=; gical assistance was of. no avail, was conveyed in a shell to town, to his late residence, the►e to I,yat the result of a Coruna's Inquest. STATE, :14-.4i-lii. of . .. , ldjress the SUPREM4 :JUNTA of VALENCIA, to, the other Supreme Jta ttus, erp'litining the necessity there is to nominate ,ah• Central Junta, ivhi c may /e Head-of the Nation. All the nation is in arms to defend the,rightS of its Sovereign. Whatever may, be our fate, Europe cannot but admire a nation Se loyal in the depression which it has endured, for so long a time, from puie respe6t to the will of its Sovereign, as well as in the energy whibli it now manifests, though it has few ► regular troops, arid a great part of its territory, and the fortresses of its frontiers, are occupied by the enemy. It is not less worthy of admiration; t hat so many provinces, differing in genius, Charaiiier, and even in interest, have at the Same moment, without consulting eath other, declai - ed for their King ; agreeing not only in the opinion, but in the manner in which they ought to act, forming the same wisl+eS, taking the same measures, and esta blishing the 'sane form of Guvertimtmt. The same form was the most suitable and conve nient for the particular Government of each pro.• , vince, but it is not Sufficient for the union of all, and, it is indispensably necessary to give a greater exten sion to our ideas to form a single mined. ,'There must be one Supreme Authority, which in the nanie of the Sovereign may unite the direction of all the branches of the public administration ; in one word, it will be necessary to call together the Cortes, to fora] a Supreme .Body, composed of Deputies &Om the provinces, in which may reside the Regency of the kingdom, the supreme governing authority, and the national representation. The greatest advantage which we can give to our even vies, and on which they probably calculate, will be to ander each province to remain detached, and subje a only to its own particular government. Spain woult l not be a kingdoM, but an assemblage of se paratts governments, exposed to the convulsions and disorders naturally produced by popular influence, and ci msequently feeble, and easily subjugated one after I he other. In I be midst of the ardour which now unites us, we mt Ist - not lose sight of the paSsions to which hu maniti ris subjett. To the just enthusiasm which now a nimates us, may succeed jealousy, envy, (111. fereno of opinions, and want of agreement, which may destroy the harmony of the prui , inces, to which the different character 01 the inhanitatus will not fail ,to coil tribute—a truth whicircannot escape any of our coguntrymen. But: if we are agreed in these principles, it is cer tain (bait we ought nt . ,t to luseatnoment iu adopting o the mst etfedual means to produce this union of author ity. In the Convention enter , d into between the Su preme Juntas of Seville an , 6ratta-a, the points ,re establitihed on which the-twu l:uvetittnews, biL7h in Fact are federative, %%tit agree, until our Aing and Lord ;Von• Hernando P. 11., shall be restored to the throne, who, by convoking the fortes, or by some other I) jeans, navy consult toe general go of the na tion. The rest of the pro. inc es seem to r,at e adopt• ed the sameldea, supposing that this interregnum .cannot be long, ntid that, in the mean tiwe, each prov int may maintam its own Supreme iapendent Goveri :mem. We °ugh, nut, however, to flatter .eurselves With hopes which may not be - realized. And even should they bE. one day realiied, how long may we ream n in our 1 iresent state. In the mean time, what body is there to maintain a correspondence with fOreign Powers ? None of them will treat formally with a single province. The utmost that can be expeaed is that itherc should be some particular and provi-• sionary agreement with some of its Military Chiefs, Who may be suffered by their superiors so to aa,, without being expressly authorised by them, accord ing as title circumstances of the moment may re quire; whence it may result that one province may conclude an armistice, while others, and particularly our Coleinies,.may remain at war, without our ob taining either the general and well-secured liberty of our Conn nauder, nor the certaintt of any practical Conventions, merely tolerated, and not .supplied by any guarantee. The'military operations require a di rection or i general impulse, which. cannot be guided by the wilt of each - .provinCe, of which the partial dispositions may sometimes be contradiCtory .to those of the othi'r. The organization of the army, and the appoinement of its Officers, .cannot be divided .without forming a monstrous body without a head. The same must be said of the navy ; the three de partments, each of which is at present. subject to a distinct government, without essentially forming one body ; and if they were so, what complication of authorities must result from the above atrangeMents? Who is to direct the general operation of the Navy, according to the general interest of the State ? Every person, every political body, would pretend to be at liberty to accede to the wishes of the rest, and to concur without any kind of compulsion to the individual measure of the other, according to their own opinion. To what weakness and division should we be exposed by the want of union of the national authority ? All the other branches of Public Administration offer grounds for similar 'observations. To what body is the deposit of the general laws of the king dom to be entrusted ? io what authority is the. eledion and replacement of the Magistrates and su perior Officers to belong ? Ecclesiastical matters do not require less in point of union. The relation with the Court of Rome, the Rota, the Inquisition, the nomination to Bishoprics and other dignities, &c. How can a nation possibly exist in this condition for any 'length of time, at least not for that i.eriod which political calculation permits us to hope to exist. But there is one very material point which must more particularly attract our attention, namely, the preserVation of our possessions in America and. other foreign parts. What authority are they to obey ? Which of the provinces of Spain is' to give to those countries the necessary orders and 'directions relative to their government, to the appointment and instruction of their Magistrates and Officers, and. to other points, tending to keep them in a state of dependence? Not depending any longer, from any public authority in the mother country, every Co lony will establish an independent Government of its own, asiias been done in Spain. Their distance, their situation, their wealth, and the national bent 'for independence, may lead them to it, and to cut the knot, if we may say so, which ti e d t h em to t h e mother country; and our enemies will obtain E r ,y iio other means than our indolencto and carelessness, a►tta they woulct Never liaVe beet . ; able fo attsiii 13/; . all - Che exertions Of their ; power. Thf . s Sole EOnln deratron would Suffice to shew the absolute sity - Of the establishment of one Supreme Autlinriik mid one National Repreentatibii. Were . the c4i tal unoccupied by the and free, there cannot: remain a doubt but the first nation .WDich did sd. Much td sate the innocence of FERDtivAND VII. and place, him on the 7thrcine, would cotivebe the COrteg in spite of the obserVationa of those who have en: deavoured to inspire the nation with distrust afrinq the said Magistrates, and had they succeeded in theft endeavours, they might have sowed the seeds of dis • cord, disorder, and the dissolwion of the kingdotn. But in the mean time, and till the day of delivery shall conie, and we shall know the intentions of the above Tribunal, it is necessary to lose no time; because delay cannot but increase our difficulties; and accelerate the disorganization of the political bodies of the State; and the time may petimpS draw nigh when in some of the provinces Of Span vrithoi the independent authority Of those who comniand; Or the imperious obedience of the people; milk .be ,at an-end. A point to which the Supreme Council of (.3overnment ought to pay particular attention, is this ; to be at some distance from the seat of war; and ,near to. the port's, by means of which our relit-. Lions with America must be maintained. It is of the rtio4 material consequence not to delay a mea sure without wliich we are expOsed to the daugrr . of being plunged into a state • of anarchy, which do.! *nestle and foreign intrigues %rill increase more and more, and the result of which will be the total ruin of the nation. Convinced of the great iniportante of these ob servations, the Junta of Valencia makes no doubt but that the Supreme Council of Government will be, penetrated with the same conviction, and 81- Ilicidgh the Junta was desirous of immediately ;:p -pointing deputies, charged to treat with the prn vitices which are free troni the enemy, and able tO . join, it has been judged ,more expedient not to proceed to that appointment, without having pre viously declared its views and sentiments on thi4 subjea, in order that an idea of the po,ver which, in the opinion of Valencia, should be pli . siess . ed by i h m t.t . Central Junta, being premised, it may serve for your government with regard to your plan and reply. The Central Junta ought td manage and decAe ail points to which the authuriry..and intiucnce of every insulate Supreme Junta cannot be extended, or which the general interest requires to be left to the ma nagentent and (. 1 4'eision of the Supreme Cou nc il o f Governmen!, although it may seem at first sight, that the Provincial Jun as are thereby deprivo of some fractional part of - their 'sovereignty, \vhich must always„ be precarious unless it be toußAidated and secured. For the same reason, the Junta is of opinion, tint th,: Central Junta should be indi . speits . ahly composed dt tvt:o deputies of each of the Conlituent Supreine 'Skiitas, and nianae and deLide till lnatters in I.he name of our belov'ed Sovereign FERDINAND V.P. which belongs to the higher deprtments of Govern ment, such as peace or war—the direction or the sea and laud fercetlie estimate of the money required for the maniteuance of the army and .naVy—the appointment of the pf-inciiA Officars of both branches of public force—the corresp6udence fore;gn Courts—the nomination of AmbassAdors and other diplomatic Agents—the transmittal of . orders to ourl Possessions in India, and odr COlOnies, and the uncontre,uled direCtion of all their athirs; with the election of the Officers employed in their d.t: partments. With, regard' to the seat of the Central Junta; Viitlepcia readily relinquishes, in favour of the pub..- ljeigood, the claims which she might urge on thig bead, and solely desires as speedy an answer as the urgency and importance of the subject requires. God preserve you juany years_ • IVEYMOUTH, SEPT. 15. By the• Packet from Guernsey this morning we have advice of an American Captain, and four othei seamen, making their escape from St. Makes in ai open boat and arriving there, BuorrAkAkTi having ordered all Americans to be put in prison. They were under the necessity o f shooting a cetitinel 10 efied their escape. News had arrived there of 23,000 of the French being killed. in Spain; but no . particulars were given. A second Gottenburgh Mail arrived at 'a late hout last night. The following is the only important in ., tide it contains : " GOTTENBURGEI, SEPT.'6.----Theßussian Fleet sailiid from Stanga Roads on the 25th of August, and were pursued by the Swedish Squadron, which bad been joined 1!)) , Sir S. HOOD with the Ce.ntaur and imp/act/tie; from superiority of sailing brought the sternmost of the Enemy's Ships to action, when she soon struck, but was rescued by the whole Rus sian force standing back to her assistance: she was afterwards attacked .by the Centaur, and carried by boarding in the mo,t gailant manner, but beiti , aground, was obliged, after taking out her prisoners and wounded, to be set on fire; she was called the liewvalad, of 74 -gone. The remainderof the Ras skin Fleet took shelt e r in Rogerwick, .or, as it is called,, Port-Baltic. Sir J. SAtmIAItCZ has joined the Swedish Fleet." This Mail also brings a report from Rear .Admi raI'INt'AUCKHOFF to his Swedish Majesty, respeding an'attack which was made upon' the Russian Moan in Jangfursmed, on the night between the 17 . th and 18th of August, the result of which was the capture of three of the enemy's vessels i the colours of which were sent by Lieutenant DREYER to be laid at his Majesty's feet. Letters from Stockholm state, that certain intel ligence had been received there from Riga, that 40,000 Russians had been .ordered to proceed to Poland fur the purpose of quelling an insurreation which had broken out in that quarter. General. Domsaowstor is at the head of the insurgents. They have refused to obey orders transmitted from Paris to proceed to Spain, as BUaNAPARTE had ant fa!fill2d his promise to establish Poland as an inde pendent State. The orders issued from St. Peters burgh were to arrest DOMBRoWSKY, and send him to Paris. • The Tragedy of hatella drew a crowded audiene.: last night to Covent Garden Theatre. KEMBLE Mrs.,,Slnnows exerted their tale . nts to elle utmost, and were much applauded. Indeed the Play was in vc:ral very- well supported and received. • i I i,i